Donohue responds to john jay study

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DONOHUE RESPONDS TO JOHN JAY STUDY

May 24, 2011

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has prepared a 24-page response to the John Jay College for Criminal Justice Report on the “Causes and Context” of clergy abuse. While he praises the study on several counts, he faults the authors for not allowing their own data to drive their conclusion on the role that homosexuality played in the abuse crisis.

Sections within Donohue’s critical analysis include the following: Overview; Comparative Data and Tainted Sources; Bishops Respond; The Role of Homosexuality; The Elephant in the Sacristy; The Seminaries; and, The Resolution of Cognitive Dissonance.

Copies are being sent to all the bishops, many in the media, and to a select group of educators and attorneys; members of the league’s board of directors and board of advisors will also receive a copy.

To read Donohue’s rejoinder, click here.
catholicleague.org/release.php?id=2157

 

[JimG]

Thanks for posting this. I read through the report prepared by the Catholic League president William Donohue. It’s 24 pages, cogent, and quite readable. I would encourage everyone to read it, not least those in the USCCB bureaucracy who commissioned the two John Jay reports, and anyone interested in really understanding the events leading to the widespread abuse of minors by some clergy.

What struck me repeatedly is this: Donohue does a better analysis of the actual data of the John Jay study than do the authors of the study itself, who are inevitably affected by the prejudices of their own profession. He also places the abuse crisis in a historical context which is supported by the study data as well as many outside sources cited by him.

I was frequently tempted to highlight and copy passages to this CAF post, but resisted the temptation. The Catholic League analysis needs to be read as a whole. After reading it, one will understand things better than by only reading the John Jay study.

It can be found here.